by Doug Thompson | Aug 28, 2020 | Opinion, Politics, White House
Trump protestors rally, Thursday night, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. President Donald Trump is set to deliver his acceptance speech later Thursday night from the nearby White House South Lawn.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Wannabe dictator Donald Trump is a pathetic,...
by Doug Thompson | Aug 27, 2020 | Opinion, Politics, White House
Donald Trump and Mike Pence: Birds of a dishonest feather? (Andrew Harnik/AP) As usual, the busiest people at this week’s Republican National Convention are the Fact Checkers who have to wade into the tsunami of lies, exaggerated “facts” and false claims of the...
by Doug Thompson | Aug 26, 2020 | Opinion, Politics, White House
Distracted? Uh huh. “Flag of Treason,” a strong condemnation of the Confederate flag and those who wave it. Some Democratic friends had one complaint about the 2020 “virtual convention” of their party — they said it had “too damn many Republicans speaking.” Yes, many...
by Doug Thompson | Aug 24, 2020 | FUBAR, Opinion, Politics, White House
Failing the leadership test. Wannabe dictator Donald Trump, as expected, is packing the Republican “virtual” convention this week with family and fawners as the party releases a “platform” that says, simply, that it’s only position of any...
by Doug Thompson | Aug 23, 2020 | Opinion, White House
Mural based on “Trump’s End of the World,” by artist Robert Cenedella. Samuel L. Adams, an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the McNair Chair in Biblical Studies at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, has a few things to...
by Doug Thompson | Aug 21, 2020 | Opinion, Politics, White House
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention in Wilmington, Delaware. (Reuters) Longtime Washington public servant Joe Biden became a rare voice of reason and truth in a chaotic presidential campaign season Thursday...